“It is not the plot, nor the will of penalizing a country…”

The Europe festival is celebrated at each 11th May every year. In Burundi, the Europe day celebration took place on the eve of the so called day. Ambassadors and other representatives of foreigner countries were invited. In his speech, the ambassador of the European Union in Burundi, Mr Patrick Spirlet declared that measures taken against Burundi were not to penalize the country.